PUBLIC INTEREST LITIGATION (PIL) No. 801 of 2025 at Allahabad

HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD PUBLIC INTEREST LITIGATION (PIL) No. - 801 of 2025 Ashok Puri .....Petitioner(s) Versus Union of India and 3 others .....Respondent(s) Counsel for Petitioner(s) : Anil Kumar Dubey, Ram Milan Dwivedi Counsel for Respondent(s) : A.S.G.I., C.S.C., Pranjal Mehrotra Chief Justice's Court HON'BLE ARUN BHANSALI, CHIEF JUSTICE HON'BLE KSHITIJ SHAILENDRA, J. 1. This petition purportedly in public interest has been filed by the petitioner seeking a direction to the respondent nos. 2 & 3 to open median cut at Jhansi - Lalitpur Road, National Highway No. 44 in front of Gram - Khari, Baijpur Ramgarh - Jhansi Raod. 2. Submission has been made that a median cut was available in front of the village, however, on account of some road accidents near the said location, the median cut has been closed by the National Highway Authority of India, which is resulting in inconvenience to the commuters of the village and therefore, the respondents be directed to open the said median cut on the National Highway. 3. Counsel appearing for the National Highway Authority of India submits that after the complaints were made pertaining to the safety concern on account of existe